Gene Nation is a Marvel Comics mutant terrorist organization and enemies of the X-Men. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. Marrow ( Sarah) is a Marvel Comics character, associated with the X-Men. Mikhail Nikolaievitch Rasputin is a Marvel Comics Supervillain, best known as the brother of the X-Men 's Colossus. Callisto is a Marvel Comics character, associated with the X-Men. This article is about the comic book character "Dark Beast" is also another name for Satan. Hemingway is a Fictional Villain created by Marvel Comics for their team called Gene Nation. Vessel is a Fictional Villain created by Marvel Comics for their team called Gene Nation. Sack is a Fictional mutant Supervillain created by Marvel Comics for their team called Gene Nation. Loss is a mutant Comic book character She has been a member of both the Morlocks and later on of Gene Nation. Fever Pitch is a fictional Villain created by Marvel comics as a member of the second incarnation of the mutant terrorist organization Gene Nation Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc A mutant within the Marvel Comic books particularly those of the X-Men mythos is an individual who possesses a genetic trait called an Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion The X-Men is a team of fictional Superhero characters in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. They originated from a group of Morlocks that survived the Mutant Massacre by escaping to another dimension. The Morlocks are a group of several fictional Comic book mutants associated with the X-Men in the Marvel Comics universe The Mutant Massacre or the Morlock Massacre was a major Marvel Comics crossover, which took place during the fall of 1986.

Founding

First Incarnation

When the mentally unstable Mikhail Rasputin flooded the Morlock tunnels, many were believed dead. Mikhail Nikolaievitch Rasputin is a Marvel Comics Supervillain, best known as the brother of the X-Men 's Colossus. However, at the last instant Mikhail used his powers to open a portal into a parallel dimension dubbed The Hill. A portal in fiction is a Magical or technological doorway that connects two distant locations Parallel universe or alternative reality is a self-contained separate reality coexisting with one's own In this dimension, time moves at a faster rate, and even though it was a matter of months in the main Marvel Universe, it had been between 10-20 years In the Hill.

On the anniversary of the Mutant Massacre, a horrific event in which Mr. Sinister's henchmen the Marauders killed many Morlocks, the members of Gene Nation reappeared in the main universe (Earth-616). Mister Sinister is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Marauders are a Fictional group of Supervillains that appear in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. In the fictional Marvel Comics multiverse, Earth-616 or Earth 616 is the name used to identify the primary continuity in which most Marvel Comics Their mission was to destroy one human for every Morlock life that was lost, and also, in a side mission performed by Hemingway and Marrow, to kill some of the original Morlocks. In Marrow's eyes, Leech, one of the few to survive the massacre, was weak and instead of defending his people he hid like a coward. Leech is a character in the Marvel Comics Universe Leech made his first appearance in Uncanny X-Men as a Morlock, a group of mutants Fortunately, the White Queen, who was trying to recruit Leech to her teenage mutant team Generation X, is able to thwart their efforts. Emma Grace Frost is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Generation X is a Fictional Comic book Superhero team a Spin-off of the X-Men franchise published by Marvel Comics. However, with the intervention of the Dark Beast Marrow and Hemingway escape. This article is about the comic book character "Dark Beast" is also another name for Satan.

Afterwards, a team of X-Men and the Morlock Callisto confront an attack group from Gene Nation including Marrow, Hemingway, Reverb, Sack, and Vessel. Callisto is a Marvel Comics character, associated with the X-Men. Hemingway is a Fictional Villain created by Marvel Comics for their team called Gene Nation. Vessel is a Fictional Villain created by Marvel Comics for their team called Gene Nation. In order to assure that their mission succeeds, Marrow alerts the X-Men that she has a bomb strapped to her heart. Seeing it as the only way of stopping the terrorist, Storm rips out Marrow's heart. Storm ( Ororo Iqadi T'Challa, née Munroe is a Fictional character that appears in a number of Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Callisto takes the remaining members of Gene Nation back to The Hill.

A few months later, Storm is kidnapped by Mikhail and taken to The Hill. Once there she has to fight her way to the top of the hill where Mikhail lives, where she successfully overpowers him. Having won the victory, Storm forces Mikhail to take all of the people living on The Hill back to the real world. In an effort to give the mutants a new start, she settles them in a village outside of her home town in Africa. Unfortunately this village is later attacked by anti-mutant extremists and many members of Gene Nation are murdered.

Second Incarnation

However, they wouldn't get much of a chance to start over because shortly after they were placed in Africa the Dark Beast gathers some of the original members, along with some new recruits, to form a new team. This article is about the comic book character "Dark Beast" is also another name for Satan. The express purpose of this team is to capture test subjects for the evil genius, namely the students of Generation X. They succeed in capturing all but the White Queen and the newcomer Gaia and, with the help of Nate Grey, also known as X-Man, they liberate her charges. Gaia, also known as the Guardian of the Universal Amalgamator, is a Fictional comic book superheroine in the Marvel Comics universe possibly X-Man ( Nathaniel "Nate" Grey) is a Fictional character, a Superhero in the and related to the X-Men franchise

Third Incarnation

Cover to X-man #50 showing X-man and Generation X members Skin and Synch fighting Vessel, Hemingway, and Fever Pitch

The teams' final appearance was in the pages of Weapon X where it is Marrow who is now the leader, having survived her encounter with Storm due to a mutated second heart. This article is about the clandestine government anti-mutant project for the reality-jumping team of antiheroes see Weapon X (Exiles; for the individuals called Weapon After manipulating the perfect killing machine Agent Zero into unintentionally killing his former sidekick, the assassin hunts down and kills every member of Gene Nation in an act of vengeance. AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. However, he spares the life of Marrow because he does not want others to see her as a martyr. The term martyr ( Greek μάρτυς martys "witness" is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices their life (or personal freedom

Members

Under the leadership of Mikhail Rasputin with the aid of Callisto

• Charm - heightened strength, agility, and reflexes
• Hemingway - can greatly increase his size and mass, also has bone spikes protruding from his back and forearms that can be used offensively
• Loss - razor sharp bone spikes on her wrists
• Marrow - heightened bone growth causes them to grow beyond her body where they can be removed and used as weapons, also an increased healing ability to seal the holes made by the removal of bones
• Reverb - project his psychic talents into the environment around him, giving him an uncanny awareness of his surroundings, also uses his abilities to mentally cripple others
• Sack - semi-liquid form allows him to encase the bodies of others in a clear membrane that allows him to control that person until they asphyxiate
• Vessel - absorbs the "souls" of the recently deceased to increase his size, strength, and invulnerability

Note: Callisto showed a video to the X-Men about Gene Nation that showed Ever as a member; however he never made an appearance with them. He later showed up as a part of Havok's Brotherhood. Havok ( Alexander "Alex" Summers) is a Fictional Marvel Comics Superhero, a member of the X-Men. The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (邪悪な変異体の同胞団 jaaku na hen'i karada no douhou dan also known as " The Brotherhood " and Brotherhood of Mutants

Under the leadership of Dark Beast

• Fever Pitch - a living skeleton from his powers, he generates intense heat at all times from within what is left of his body that can be used offensively in discharges of flame
• Hemingway
• Integer - uniquely exists as a mathematical probability, making him invisible, intangible, and capable of using his binary thought to disrupt the mental functions of others
• Iron Maiden - body made of a dense material that is formed in spikes all along her body, also increased strength, agility, resistance to injury, and reflexes
• Membrain - made of a brain altering mucus that can be reshaped at will or used as projectiles that are capable of stunning opponents, can also leave parts of him behind in an area and mentally access the pieces to be used like a spy camera. The binary numeral system, or base-2 number system, is a Numeral system that represents numeric values using two symbols usually 0 and 1. In vertebrates mucus is a slippery secretion produced by and covering Mucous membranes It is a viscous Colloid containing Antiseptic enzymes (such as
• Opsidian - exists as a being of pure darkness, able to stretch and reshape his form, also able to instill an supernatural feeling of cold and fear in others when he surrounds them
• Vessel
• Wynter - robotic body controlled by remote by the Dark Beast

Under the leadership of Marrow

• Hemingway
• Vessel
• Many unnamed members
• Maverick (Chris Bradley) Did not leave Gene Nation because he planned on sabotaging the group's terrorist attacks

Notes

• In between the first and third incarnation of Gene Nation, Callisto fell sick and sent Marrow to live with the X-Men. The term supernatural or supranatural ( Latin: super, supra "above" + natura "nature" pertains to entities events A robot is a mechanical or Virtual Artificial agent In practice it is usually an electro-mechanical system which by its appearance or movements Incarnation which literally means embodied in flesh, refers to the conception and birth of a sentient creature (generally a human who is the The love/hate relationship lasted for a few months and eventually Marrow began to feel at home. Her bone growths even fell under control with the help of an alien device that healed her. However, it did not last long as the Six-Month Gap happened and Marrow mysteriously had lost control again.

• Fever Pitch was seen for a short time terrorizing Europe, where he was taken down by Banshee's paramilitary group called X-Corps. Fever Pitch is a fictional Villain created by Marvel comics as a member of the second incarnation of the mutant terrorist organization Gene Nation Banshee ( Sean Cassidy) was a Marvel Comics Superhero, a member of the X-Men. A paramilitary is a force whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military force but which are not regarded as having the same status The X-Corps is a fictional team created by Marvel Comics. Whether they were good or bad was left up to debate even within the X-Men, but the team acted as a mutant Although his group consisted of several members of the X-groups such as M, Jubilee, Husk, Multiple Man, former Alpha Flight member Radius, and the one-time interim X-Man Sunpyre. M ( Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria Therese St Croix) is a fictional Comic book superheroine, a mutant who appears in the X-Men Jubilation "Jubilee" Lee is a Fictional character, a Marvel Comics superheroine associated with the X-Men. Husk ( Paige Guthrie) is a fictional character from Marvel Comics. Jamie Madrox, also called the Multiple Man, is a Fictional character, a Marvel Comics Superhero, associated with the X-Men Alpha Flight is a Fictional group a Marvel Comics Superhero team noteworthy for being one of the few Canadian superhero teams Radius ( Jared Corbo) is a Fictional character, a Superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. Sunpyre ( Leyu Yoshida) is a Fictional character of the Marvel Universe associated with the X-Men. It also included reformed villains Blob and Avalanche. The Blob ( Frederick J Dukes) is a Marvel Comics Supervillain, an adversary of the X-Men. Avalanche ( Dominikos Ioannis Petrakis) is a Marvel Comics Supervillain, an enemy of the X-Men. They captured Fever Pitch and forced him, through brainwashing techniques, to be a member of their group. Brainwashing (also known as Thought reform or as Re-education) consists of any effort aimed at instilling certain attitudes and Beliefs . . or so they thought. The villain Mystique had infiltrated the group and was collecting the so-called reformed villains to her side. Mystique ( Raven Darkholme) is a Marvel Comics character associated with the X-Men franchise Joining the shapeshifting mutant, Fever Pitch went on a rampage in Paris, almost succeeding in an attempt to burn down the Louvre. Shapeshifting is a common theme in Mythology and Folklore, as well as in Science fiction and Fantasy. The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre located in Paris is the world's most visited art museum a historic monument and a national museum of France However the combined efforts of the X-Men and the good members of X-corps stop the villains from doing any further damage.

• The insidious Dark Beast resurfaced on the island of Genosha after it had been devastated by Cassandra Nova's wild Sentinels. This article is about the comic book character "Dark Beast" is also another name for Satan. Genosha is a Fictional country that has appeared in numerous Comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Cassandra Nova is a Fictional enemy of the X-Men in the Marvel Comics universe. The Sentinels are Fictional characters Robots in the. Most often encountering the team of mutants known as the X-Men, they were created by writer Nearly losing his life to the Sugar Man, he grudgingly allies himself with Professor X and the ragtag team that he had assembled. Sugar Man is a Fictional character, a mutant villain appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. Charles Francis Xavier, also known as Professor X, is a Fictional character, a Marvel Comics Superhero known as the leader and founder of It was confirmed in The 198 Files that he has remained powered after M-Day.

• Sack was one of the lucky few mutants who survived the events of M-Day with his powers still intact. Sack is a Fictional mutant Supervillain created by Marvel Comics for their team called Gene Nation. Heeding the invitation of sanctuary from Cyclops, Sack went to live on the grounds of the Xavier Institute and has been seen associating himself with Fever Pitch and the former Morlock Erg and nearly incited a riot. Right of asylum (or political asylum) is an ancient Judicial notion under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his Cyclops ( Scott Summers) is a Fictional character, a Superhero that is the field leader of the X-Men in the. In the fictional Marvel Comics universe, the X-Mansion, the common name for the Xavier Mansion, is the base of operations and training site of the Erg is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe Riots are a form of Civil disorders characterized by disorganized groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of Violence, Vandalism or other

• Scott Lobdell has said that he based Gene Nation's name on Queer Nation in the USA and adapted their ethic of "queer and out here" to form Gene Nation's unswerving moral stance. Scott Lobdell (born 1963 is an American Comic book writer He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics ' X-Men-related titles Queer Nation was an organization founded in March 1990 in New York City, USA by AIDS activists from ACT UP.

In other media

In the video game X-Men Legends, Marrow takes a band of Morlocks dubbed Gene Nation and makes a pact with the enemy to enable her people to be able to live on the surface. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. X-Men Legends is an action role-playing game released on several consoles in 2004. Even though they never make an official appearance, the premise is similar.

External links

• UncannyXmen.net, Feature on Gene Nation